Latest Photo Galleries:

• Photos: The ultramobiles of IDF
• Photos: Training for WMD terrorist attacks
• Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
• Photos: How the Victorians did gadgets
• Photos: Prototyping for TV
• Images: Where particles, physics theories collide
• Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear
• Photos: Baby steps for NASA's small-plane challenge
• Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
• Photos: Cracking open Apple's iPhone 3G

More galleries »

Related Topics

• Robots

Robot makers put their gear into action Monday for a round of performance tests hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Institute of Standards and Technologies. The tests were intended to help search and rescue operations, both governmental and private, make purchase decisions.

In this photo, Brno University of Technology professor Ludek Zalud wears goggles he designed to let the wearer see what the rescue robot sees.

Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

More Galleries

• Photos: NASA grapples with Martian dirt dilemma
• Photos: America's biggest air show in Oshkosh, by gosh
• Photos: Ice on Mars; flash memory glitch
• Photos: Virtual training at Fort Benning
• Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week